Last weekend saw a variety of new films open at the box office: Bollywood gangster drama 'Animal', 'Trolls Band Together', two concerts in 'Andre Rieu's White Christmas' and 'Renaissance: A Film By Beyonce', and Japan's Godzilla Minus One. Yet it was 'The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes', in its third frame, that drew the largest audience, surpassing last weekend's no. 1, 'Napoleon'.
Australian audiences have heeded the call of 'Sound of Freedom' and 'André Rieu's 2023 Maastricht Concert: Love is All Around', with the former breaking up Barbenheimer to be the second-highest-grossing film of the weekend.
Last weekend's broad new releases in Australian cinemas included a US crime thriller that was completed in 2018, a political satire that went straight to streaming in the US, and a melancholy UK drama about a marriage breakdown.
After flying high with 'Suicide Squad', 'Wonder Woman', 'Aquaman' and 'Joker', the Warner Bros DC Comics universe has plummeted to earth with 'Birds of Prey'.
Sony Animation’s 'Spider-Man' reboot swung into Australian cinemas last weekend but trailed Universal/Illumination’s 'The Grinch' which ruled again in its third frame.
Raunchy Kiwi comedy 'The Breaker Upperers' was the stand-out among the new releases in Australian cinemas last weekend.
Launching on March 28, Foxtel's new arts channel will spotlight Australian theatre, ballet, opera, films and other artistic pursuits together with international specials and documentaries.
UK/Australian event cinema producer/distributor CinemaLive has smashed a UK box-office record with Andre Rieu's 2013 Maastricht Concert.